File safe



Oct. 9, 1934. K. .1. HOLLINSHEAD 1,976,444

FILE SAFE F'l (1 Ma 9, 1933 l e y 6 Jkzdezzir Q Patented Oct. 9, 1934 UNITED STATES FILE SAFE Kenneth J. Hollinshe ad, Yonkers, N. Y. Application May 9,1933, Serial No. 670,103

10 Claims. (Cl. 129-16) This invention relates in general to a security box or container and has more particular reference to a receptacle for receivingvaluables which is used in a desk or file drawer in connection with files or folders in which papers and the like are usually filed.

1 One of the principal objects of the invention is in the provision of a drawer having upstanding sides adapting it to be used in connection with a file drawer or cabinet.

A further object of the invention is in the provision of a safety drawer adapted to be concealed in a file cabinet and to form a stop or partition for holding the ordinary files of a drawer or cabinet in position.

A still further object of the invention is in the provision of a file drawer having upstanding sides to provide a guard or partition for files in a drawer with openings therein forming hand grips by means of which the drawer may be bodily lifted from any container in which it is placed.

A still further object of the invention is in the provision of a safety drawer for use in a file holder having upstanding sides for receiving additional files of a height less than the other files in a container, thereby concealing the safety drawer.

A still further object of the invention is in the provision of a safety drawer having upright sides extending above the drawer for holding files therebetween, the file supporting surface being corrugated to support the files.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter, the accompanying drawing illustrat- 35. ing a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective of a drawer with one side broken away illustrating a file safe in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the file safe with the drawer partly removed; and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the file safe.

Many ofiices and homes have a petty cash box for containing money and other valuables, but if these boxes are left open and exposed they are one of the first things to be seen and opened by burglars or other persons looking for valuables.

Most oflices and homes have a deep desk drawer or a file cabinet in which folders containing papers are arranged for ready reference and aci cess. The present invention therefore relates to a safety box which may be readily inserted in a drawer or file cabinet of this type, the box having upright sides which form a holder of itself for file folders of a reduced height so that when it is inserted in a drawer between other files or file holders it is substantially concealed and hidden and would not readily be found unless a thiefhad knowledge of its location or made an extensive search for it. Even though this safety box is located at the end of a number of folders thereby forming a partition in a drawer, the exposed end which is visible from the top of the drawer resembles other stops and partitions used in such file drawers and the presence of the safety drawer would not be apparent to anyone with out a further search and investigation or without removing the safety drawer from the file drawer in whichit is contained. Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a desk or file drawer 5 is shown in'Fig. 1 made of wood, steel, or any suitable material having a front handle .6-,- a lock 7,- and being-of a size to receive filing dividers or paper holding folders 8 therein-in upright 'position, freely accessible from the top of the drawer for filing papers and the like therebetween or therein:

The file safe of this invention comprises a box or drawer 9 preferably made of sheet metal and having a recessed drawer pull 10- and a lock 11 at its front end. This box is slidable ina container 12 having upright sides 13 extending-a considerable distance above atop 14; the top fitting closely over the box 9 and the box'being. sli'dable therein.- The receptacle l2 and its sides13are preferably of a length tofit loosely in and trans versely of a 'drawersothat whenthe box 9 is within the container 12 it cannot be seen or 'removed until the container 12 is first removed from the drawer or file 5 in which it is contained. The upright sides 13 are preferably provided near their tops with hand hold openings 15 by means of which the sides may be grasped in removing the receptacle 12 bodily from a drawer in which it is contained. The top of the receptacle may also be formedor fitted with a corrugated strip 16, the ridges of which extend lengthwise thereof to provide means for supporting and more easily separating a number of additional shorter dividers or file holders 17 adapted to be received and supported between the upright sides 13, and when so supported to have their tops at substantially the same height as the other dividers or folders 8 in the drawer. This will effectually conceal the safety box, will provide additional files or folders for receiving papers of diiferent sizes and the weight of such files will assist in maintaining the safety box in position if it is used as an end wall or divider in a drawer in which it is placed. To have access to the box 9 the sides 13 are grasped by means 1 g of the hand holds 15 and the container 12 with the folders 17 remaining thereon may be lifted bodily from a drawer in which it is placed. The safety drawer or box 9 may then be opened as desired but must be closed or removed entirely before the container 12 may be replaced in a drawer file.

A safety box or file safe is thus provided which is easily accessible at all times but which is so hidden that it is not easily found and would not be apparent to an ordinary thief. In places where there are many filing drawers and cabinets it has the additional advantage that it may be changed from one drawer to another without any visible alteration of the files so that a thief who knows the location in one drawer could not easily find it if it is changed to some other drawer. As thus used the location of the file safe is valuable for the secrecy of such variation.

I claim:

..1. A. drawer safe comprising a receptacle to fit transversely of a drawer and having an opening closedv by thesides of a drawer in which it is inserted, a box slidable transversely therein and accessible only when the receptacle is raised from a: drawer, and sides extending above the top of the receptacle for raising. it from a drawer.

2. A safety receptacle for file drawers-comprising a container with end openings adapted to fit transversely in a file drawer, and having a top with sides extending above it for receiving files and folders therebetween parallel to other folders in a drawer, the sides having hand openings at the top for lifting it bodily from a drawer to uncover the transverse opening therein. g,

3. A concealed safe for file drawers comprising a rectangular box-like structure of a length to flt' cross-wisein a drawer with anopening EX? tending transversely of a drawer, and a container slidable therein and accessible only when the-said structure is raisedin'a drawer to uncover the opening thereof. v.

4. A file safe for file drawers comprising a boxlike structure-to fit loosely across a drawer and slidable lengthwise therein, thestructure having an opening extending across a drawer with ends covered by the sides'of a drawer, asmall drawer slidable inthe-opening, a top covering the small drawer,,and sides extending upwardly above the top to provide means for lifting the structure and for supporting files resting upon the top therebetweem I 5. A concealed file safe for file drawers comprising a rectangular structure to fit loosely across a drawer, and slidable lengthwise thereof but not turnable about a vertical axis, the structure having upright free sides with an intermediate connector forming a transverse opening concealed by the sides of the drawer in which it is inserted, a lock drawer slidable therein and movable outwardly only when the structure is raised to free an end of the opening from the side of a drawer in which it is placed, the structure forming a partition and abutment for files in a drawer, and the sides providing retainers for other files placed therebetween, and the sides having openings at their free end by which it may be bodily lifted.

6. A concealed drawer and file holder for insertion in a container, comprising a receptacle with extending, upright, parallel sides, a drawer for the receptacle, and a filing space between the said extended sides for receiving files therebetween.

7. A, file holder and dividerfor a. drawer and for vertical files fitting therein, comprising upright; sides for receiving vertical files between them flush with the tops of the outside files in the drawer, and a top wallbetween the sides and be low thetopsthereof for supporting files thereon between the sides and for providing a lower open receptacle accessible only when raised from a drawer in which it is placed.

8. A safety boxand file holder for drawers, and the like, having side walls and a cross plate connecting the Walls below their upper edges and forming a lower open receptacle which is inaccessible until the receptacle israised from a drawer in which it is placed.

9. In a concealed safety box and file holder, means comprising a transversely opening receptacle adapted to fit across a container and having a top with sides extending above it for supporting short folders and concealing the opening of the receptacle unless it is raised from a container in which it is placed. t

10. A structure in accordance with claim 9 in which the upwardly extending sides have finger openings therein by means of which the receptacle is bodily lifted from a container to disclose the concealing opening therein. 7

KENNETH J. HOLLINSHEAD. 

